A Tokyo-based surgeon has developed a groundbreaking training system using a 100-yen flowerpot. But the need for an inexpensive, DIY method highlights several issues facing the surgeon profession in Japan.

A Tokyo-based surgeon has developed a groundbreaking training system using a 100-yen flowerpot. But the need for an inexpensive, DIY method highlights several issues facing the surgeon profession in Japan.

South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung has made his first foray into global diplomacy with trips to Japan and the United States. Meetings with the leaders of those two countries both took place in a positive atmosphere and are being regarded as a success.

NHK World editor-in-chief and former Seoul bureau chief Aoki Yoshiyuki looks at how the visits played out ― and considers critical issues that were left out of the talks and need to be addressed in the future.

Concerns remain in and outside Japan about the treated water discharge from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. But there is also a lot of support directed to people in the prefecture. One expert says the focus needs to be on long-term success.

Concerns remain in and outside Japan about the treated water discharge from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. But there is also a lot of support directed to people in the prefecture. One expert says the focus needs to be on long-term success.

Concerns remain in and outside Japan about the treated water discharge from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. But there is also a lot of support directed to people in the prefecture. One expert says the focus needs to be on long-term success.

Each of the planet's highest 14 mountains stand more than 8,000 meters tall. Located in the Himalayan and Karakoram ranges across Nepal and Pakistan, the top of the peaks are called "death zones", where oxygen is one third of what it is on the ground.

A representative of a property management firm in Fukuoka City gestures around a warehouse cluttered with TVs, fridges, tables, chairs, and other items. "This is all from the homes of people who died," he says. "We can't throw any of it away without permission."

A representative of a property management firm in Fukuoka City gestures around a warehouse cluttered with TVs, fridges, tables, chairs, and other items. "This is all from the homes of people who died," he says. "We can't throw any of it away without permission."

A representative of a property management firm in Fukuoka City gestures around a warehouse cluttered with TVs, fridges, tables, chairs, and other items. "This is all from the homes of people who died," he says. "We can't throw any of it away without permission."